Congrats Claudine! Wow, what a great thrill, to be compared to other ground breaking Master artists...you must be flying right now! And it is so deserved...I fell in love with all your work the moment I first spotted you in a magazine a few years ago.

i'm so proud of you!!!!! now, remember our conversation on the plane to san jose...don't forget! and also: you are the coolest gal, the brightest, the smartest, and gosh darn it, you are worth it! love, stuart smalley a.k.a.

I'm so proud of you darling. But the thing that touched me the most was your description of grandma calling you her "little Poppet." I could hear her voice ringing in my ears all day. She loved you so much.